Burge's sentencing hearing set to begin

Jan 19, 2011 10:48:00 PM - chicagotribune.com

Former police commander convicted of lying about abuse

Over three decades, former police Cmdr. Jon Burge faced allegations of widespread torture and abuse from dozens of criminal suspects. Now his day of reckoning nears as a two-day sentencing hearing begins Thursday for Burge, convicted in June by a federal jury of lying under oath about the abuse.